Sound verification

ABSTRACT

In some examples, sound verification may include a speaker device that may be configured to transmit sound at a dynamic volume level and a listening device that may be configured to receive the sound and provide feedback to the speaker device based on the received sound. The primary transceiver device may be further configured to adjust the dynamic volume level based on the feedback provided by the secondary transceiver device.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This Application is a continuation application under 35 U.S.C. § 120 ofU.S. application Ser. No. 14/440,236, filed on May 1, 2015, now U.S.Pat. No. 9,747,924, which is the U.S. National Stage filing under 35U.S.C. § 371 of International Application No. PCT/US14/33316, filed onApr. 8, 2014. U.S. application Ser. No. 14/440,236 and InternationalApplication No. PCT/US14/33316 are incorporated herein by reference intheir entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The embodiments described herein pertain generally to verifying thequality of media transmission, including sound transmission.

BACKGROUND

Unless otherwise indicated herein, the approaches described in thissection are not prior art to the claims in this application and are notadmitted to be prior art by inclusion in this section.

Acoustics in open forums may be unpredictable. For example, in anoutdoor setting, weather conditions such as wind, cloud cover, and evenprecipitation may influence how well sound transmitted from a speakerdevice is heard by one or more persons in a listening audience. Asanother example, in an indoor setting, conditions such as room size,audience size, furnishings (e.g., size and/or placement), and even thebuilding materials for the walls may affect how well sound from thespeaker device may be heard by one or more persons in the listeningaudience.

SUMMARY

In one example embodiment, a sound verification system may include: aspeaker device that is configured to transmit sound at a dynamic volumelevel; and a listening device that is configured to receive the soundand provide feedback to the speaker device based on the received sound,wherein the speaker device is further configured to adjust the dynamicvolume level based on the feedback provided by the listening device.

In another example embodiment, another sound verification system mayinclude: a primary transceiver device that is configured to: transmitsound signals, and convert the sound signals into a primary text versionof the transmitted sound signals; the sound verification system may alsoinclude a secondary transceiver device that is configured to: receivethe sound signals transmitted by the primary transceiver device, convertthe received sound signals into a secondary text version of the receivedsound signals, and transmit the secondary text version of the receivedsound signals to the primary transceiver device.

In yet another example embodiment, a method to verify audio transmissionmay include a primary device: transmitting audio signals at an initialvolume; converting the audio signals into a source text; receiving,respectively from one or more secondary devices, secondary textconverted from the transmitted audio signals; comparing the source textto the secondary text received from each of the one or more secondarydevices; and adjusting a volume applied to the transmitting based on aresult of the comparing.

In still another example embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readablemedium may be configured to store instructions that, when executed,cause one or more processors to perform operations that include:transmit media signals; store a text version of the media signals;receive, respectively from one or more secondary devices, secondary textconverted from the transmitted media signals; compare the stored textversion of the media signals to the secondary text received from each ofthe one or more secondary devices; and adjust an intensity applied to acontinued transmitting of the media signals based on a comparisonresult.

The foregoing summary is illustrative only and is not intended to be inany way limiting. In addition to the illustrative aspects, embodiments,and features described above, further aspects, embodiments, and featureswill become apparent by reference to the drawings and the followingdetailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In the detailed description that follows, embodiments are described asillustrations only since various changes and modifications will becomeapparent to those skilled in the art from the following detaileddescription. The use of the same reference numbers in different figuresindicates similar or identical items.

FIG. 1 shows an example configuration of a system by which soundverification may be implemented, arranged in accordance with at leastsome embodiments described herein;

FIG. 2 shows another example configuration of a system by which soundverification may be implemented, arranged in accordance with at leastsome embodiments described herein;

FIG. 3 shows an example configuration of a speaker device by which soundverification may be implemented, arranged in accordance with at leastsome embodiments described herein;

FIG. 4 shows an example configuration of a listening device by whichsound verification may be implemented, arranged in accordance with atleast some embodiments described herein;

FIG. 5 shows an example processing flow by which at least somevariations of sound verification may be implemented, arranged inaccordance with at least some embodiments described herein; and

FIG. 6 shows a block diagram illustrating an example computing device bywhich various example solutions described herein may be implemented,arranged in accordance with at least some embodiments described herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In the following detailed description, reference is made to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of the description. In thedrawings, similar symbols typically identify similar components, unlesscontext dictates otherwise. Furthermore, unless otherwise noted, thedescription of each successive drawing may reference features from oneor more of the previous drawings to provide clearer context and a moresubstantive explanation of the current example embodiment. Still, theexample embodiments described in the detailed description, drawings, andclaims are not meant to be limiting. Other embodiments may be utilized,and other changes may be made, without departing from the spirit orscope of the subject matter presented herein. It will be readilyunderstood that the aspects of the present disclosure, as generallydescribed herein and illustrated in the drawings, may be arranged,substituted, combined, separated, and designed in a wide variety ofdifferent configurations, all of which are explicitly contemplatedherein.

There are many settings, both outdoor and indoor, in which sound may bedisseminated to a listening audience. For example, a person may speak oreven sing into a microphone to electronically generate sounds that maybe transmitted to a listening audience via one or more speakers.Non-limiting examples of settings for such electronic dissemination ofgenerated sound may include, but not be limited to, conference rooms,auditoriums, indoor arenas, outdoor stadiums, public squares or forums,airports, train stations, bus stations, walking or mobile tours ofcollege or corporate campuses, walking or mobile tours of museums,parade routes, etc. However, because acoustics in such settings may varyfor reasons ranging, as non-limiting examples, from weather to audiencesize to building materials, the embodiments described herein may enablelistener feedback to facilitate dynamic volume adjustments in theelectronic dissemination of the generated sound.

FIG. 1 shows an example configuration of a system 100 by which soundverification may be implemented, arranged in accordance with at leastsome embodiments described herein. Non-limiting examples of system 100may be configured in a conference room, an auditorium, an indoor arena,an outdoor stadium, a public squares or forum, airports, train stations,bus stations, a college or corporate campus, a museum, a parade route,etc. As depicted, FIG. 1 shows primary transceiver device 105, e.g., aspeaker device 105, and secondary transceiver devices 110A-110N, e.g.,listening devices 110A-110N. Unless context of an embodiment requiresspecific reference to one or more of secondary transceiver devices110A-110N, e.g., listening devices 110A-110N, individual reference maybe made to representative “secondary transceiver device 110 e.g.,listening device 110” and corporate reference may be made to collective“secondary transceiver devices 110 e.g., listening devices 110.”Although FIG. 1 shows four representations of secondary transceiverdevices 110A-110N, e.g. listening devices 110A-110N, embodiments ofsound verification are in no way limited to such quantity.

System 100 may represent a sound verification system that includes aprimary transceiver device 105, e.g., a speaker device, which may beconfigured to transmit sound at a dynamic volume level, and a secondarytransceiver device 110 e.g., a listening device, that may be configuredto receive the sound and provide feedback to the speaker device based onthe received sound. The primary transceiver device may be furtherconfigured to adjust the dynamic volume level based on the feedbackprovided by the secondary transceiver device.

Alternatively, system 100 may be a sound verification system thatincludes a primary transceiver device 105, e.g., a speaker device, whichmay be configured to transmit sound signals and convert the soundsignals into a primary text version of the transmitted sound signals.The sound verification system may also include a secondary transceiverdevice 110, e.g., a listening device, that may be configured to receivethe sound signals transmitted by the primary transceiver device, convertthe received sound signals into a secondary text version of the receivedsound signals, and transmit the secondary text version of the receivedsound signals to the primary transceiver device.

Speaker device 105 may refer to an electro-mechanical transceiver devicethat may be configured to produce sound in response to electrical audioinput signals, and to transmit the produced sound at dynamic volumelevel. Speaker device 105 may produce sound by converting electricalsignals into audible signals. As referenced herein, a dynamic volumelevel may refer to a volume level that is either automatically ormanually adjustable. As non-limiting examples, embodiments of speakerdevice 105 may be used to produce and/or transmit audiblerepresentations of songs, public announcements, speeches, lectures,discussions, etc., in various public and private forums such as schools,classrooms, offices, conference rooms, lecture halls, theaters, arenas,stadiums, airports, airplanes, train stations, trains, bus terminals,busses, sidewalks, etc. One or more of the aforementioned non-limitingexamples of speaker device 105 may be affixed to a structure.Alternatively, speaker device 105 may be portable, and thereforeadditional non-limiting examples of speaker device 105 may be hand-held,externally and temporarily affixed to a vehicle, temporarily placed in aroom, etc. Non-limiting examples of speaker devices 105 may includeaudio speakers for classrooms, conference rooms, theaters, auditoriums,etc., used to transmit sound in one or more of the above-listed publicand private forums. Alternatively, further non-limiting examples ofspeaker device may 105 may include cell phones, smartphones, tabletcomputers, laptop computers, or any other device capable of transmittingsound in one or more of the above-listed forums.

Speaker device 105 may be further configured to convert the producedsound to text. That is, for embodiments of sound verification, speakerdevice 105 may be capable of converting locally produced sounds into atext representation thereof. The produced sounds may be audiorepresentations of words, which may be spoken, whispered, rapped, sung,chanted, etc. To generate an accurate audio-to-text conversion, speakerdevice 105 may be equipped with at least a receiver, e.g., a microphone,configured to capture the locally produced sound, and a converterconfigured to convert the captured sound into text. The audio-to-textconversion may be executed by speaker device 105 or, alternatively, by aconversion device that is external to speaker device 105. The presentdescription will refer to the audio-to-text conversion being executed byspeaker device 105, although alternative embodiments of soundverification are not limited to such configuration. Further, as will bedescribed below, the converter may be implemented as a softwarecomponent, a hardware feature, or a combination thereof.

Speaker device 105 may still further be configured to compare the textrepresentation of the produced sound converted at speaker device 105 toother text representations of the same produced sound. The other textrepresentations of the same produced sound may be converted at one ormore of secondary transceiver devices 110 e.g., listening devices, whichmay be configured to execute similar audio-to-text conversions asspeaker device 105; and the text representations generated by listeningdevices 110 may be transmitted to speaker device 105, as will bedescribed further below.

Results of the comparisons of the text representations of the producedsound, respectively converted by speaker device 105 and one or more oflistening devices 110, may influence a dynamic adjustment of the volumefor continued transmission of sound produced by speaker device 105. Thedynamic adjustment of sound transmitted from speaker device 105 may bemanually or automatically executed.

Listening devices 110 may each respectively refer to electro-mechanicaltransceiver devices that may be configured to receive the soundtransmitted by speaker device 105, and to provide feedback to verify thequality, e.g., volume, of the received sound. Embodiments of listeningdevices 110 may be hand-held, portable, and/or affixed in various publicand private forums such as schools, classrooms, offices, conferencerooms, lecture halls, theaters, arenas, stadiums, airports, airplanes,train stations, trains, bus terminals, busses, sidewalks, etc. One ormore of the aforementioned non-limiting examples of listening device 110may be affixed to a structure. Non-limiting examples of listeningdevices 110 may include cell phones, smartphones, tablet computers,laptop computers, specialized listening devices, e.g., individualheadsets used for museum tours, headphones, etc.

Listening devices 110 may be configured to convert the produced soundreceived from speaker device 105 into a text representation thereof. Togenerate an accurate audio-to-text conversion, listening devices 110 maybe equipped with at least a receiver, e.g., a microphone, configured tocapture at least portions of the produced sound received from speakerdevice 105, which may then be converted into a text representation.

Listening devices 110 may also be configured to transmit the textrepresentation of the produced sound to speaker device 105, as will bedescribed further below, by various protocols including, but not limitedto, text message (via short-messaging-service (SMS)), Bluetooth, email,etc. Results of the comparisons of text representations of the producedsound, respectively converted by speaker device 105 and one or more oflistening devices 110, may influence a dynamic adjustment of the volumeat which sound produced by speaker device 105 is transmitted.

FIG. 2 shows another example configuration of a system 200 by whichsound verification may be implemented, arranged in accordance with atleast some embodiments described herein. Similar to system 100 describedabove with regard to FIG. 1, non-limiting examples of system 200 may beconfigured in a conference room, an auditorium, a theater, an indoorarena, an outdoor stadium, a public square or forum, a college orcorporate campus, a museum, a parade route, etc. FIG. 2 shows primarytransceiver devices 105A and 105B, e.g., speaker device 105A and 105B,as well as listening devices 110. Unless context of a correspondingdescription requires specific reference to one or more of speakerdevices 105A and 105B, individual reference may be made torepresentative “speaker device 105” and corporate reference may be madeto collective “speaker devices 105.” Further, although FIG. 2 shows tworepresentations of speaker devices 105A and 105B, embodiments of soundverification are in no way limited to such quantity.

System 200 may be a sound verification system that includes multipleprimary transceiver devices, e.g., speaker devices that may each beconfigured to transmit sound at a dynamic volume level, and one or moresecondary transceiver devices, e.g., listening devices that may each beconfigured to receive the sound and provide feedback to at least one ofthe primary transceiver devices, e.g., the speaker devices based on thereceived sound. The primary transceiver devices, e.g., speaker devicesmay be further configured to adjust the dynamic volume level based onthe feedback provided by the one or more secondary transceiver devices,e.g., listening devices.

Alternatively, system 200 may be a sound verification system thatincludes multiple primary transceiver devices, e.g., speaker devicesthat may each be configured to transmit sound signals and convert thesound signals into a primary text version of the transmitted soundsignals. The sound verification system may also include one or moresecondary transceiver devices, e.g., listening devices that may beconfigured to receive the sound signals transmitted by the primarytransceiver devices, e.g., speaker devices, convert the received soundsignals into a secondary text version of the received sound signals, andtransmit the secondary text version of the received sound signals to atleast one of the primary transceiver devices, e.g., speaker devices.

Speaker devices 105A and 105B represent multiple embodiments of speakerdevice 105, which is described above with regard to FIG. 1. Thus, asdescribed above with regard to FIG. 1, speaker devices 105 may beprimary transceiver devices configured to transmit sound at dynamicvolume level by producing sound in response to electrical audio signalinput. Further, speaker devices 105 may be configured to convert theproduced sound to a text representation thereof. Further still, speakerdevice 105 may be configured to compare the text representation of theproduced sound converted at speaker device 105 to other textrepresentations of the same produced sound.

Listening devices 110 are the same as described above with regard toFIG. 1. However, in system 200, listening devices 110 may be secondarytransceiver devices configured to receive sound transmitted by one ormore embodiments of speaker devices 105, and provide feedback to verifythe quality, e.g., volume, of the received sound to at least one ofspeaker devices 105.

Because, for example, listening device 110A is unlikely to receiveproduced sound transmitted from speaker device 105A at the same time asit receives produced sound transmitted from speaker device 105B,depending on the respective proximity of listening device 110A tospeaker device 105A and speaker device 105B, listening devices 110 maybe further configured to distinguish produced sound received fromrespective embodiments of speaker devices 105. That is, listeningdevices 110 may be configured to distinguish sound received fromdifferent sources due to latencies caused by the speed at which soundtravels, reverberations in sound waves, etc.

As described above with regard to FIG. 1, listening devices 110 may beconfigured to convert the produced sound received from speaker device105 into text representations thereof. To distinguish the produced soundtransmitted from speaker device 105A from the produced sound transmittedfrom speaker device 105B, the receiver, e.g., a microphone,corresponding to listening device 110 may be configured to capturesound, for transmittal to the converter (described below), received ateither of a same volume or a same frequency. Thus, listening device 110may distinguish sound from different sources.

As described above with regard to FIG. 1, listening devices 110 may beconfigured to provide feedback to verify the quality, e.g., volume, ofthe received sound to one or more of speaker devices 105, by variousprotocols including, but not limited to, text message (via SMS),Bluetooth, email, etc. Results of the comparisons of textrepresentations of the produced sound, respectively converted by speakerdevice 105 and one or more of listening devices 110, may influence adynamic adjustment of the volume at which sound produced by speakerdevice 105 is transmitted.

FIG. 3 shows an example configuration of primary transceiver device 105by which sound verification may be implemented, arranged in accordancewith at least some embodiments described herein. As illustrated in FIG.3, primary transceiver device 105 may correspond to speaker device 105shown in, and described with regard to, FIGS. 1 and 2. As depicted,primary transceiver device 105 may be configured to include atransmitter 305, a converter 310, a receiver 315, a comparator 320, andan adjustor 325. In accordance with the embodiments described herein,primary transceiver device 105 and the components thereof shown in FIG.3 may be implemented as hardware, software, firmware, or any combinationthereof. Further, it will be readily understood that the components ofprimary transceiver device 105, as generally described herein andillustrated in FIG. 3, may be arranged, substituted, combined,separated, and designed in a wide variety of different configurations,all of which are explicitly contemplated herein.

Transmitter 305 may represent a component or module configured toproduce or generate sound in response to electrical audio input signals,and to transmit the produced sound at dynamic volume level. That is,transmitter 305 may function as an audio transmitter.

Converter 310 may represent a component or module configured to convertwords included in the produced sound, transmitted by transmitter 305,into a localized text representation. Converter 310 may convert soundscaptured by, e.g., a microphone, corresponding to primary transceiverdevice 105 that is configured to capture or receive the locally producedsound. The words included in the produced sound may be spoken,whispered, rapped, sung, chanted, etc. Further, converter 310 mayproduce a sound-to-text conversion of the transmitted sound using knownconversion applications. Further still, converter 310 may be implementedfor multiple languages.

Alternative embodiments of converter 310 may be configured to directlyconvert sound from an MP3, MP4, or other digital recording format into atext representation thereof. Similarly, converter 310 may be configuredto directly convert sounds, e.g., words, from any digitally streamedmedia content into a text representation, either before, during, orafter the sounds are transmitted by transmitter 305.

The localized text representation of words included in the producedsound, transmitted by transmitter 305, may be stored in a local orremote storage component. When stored, the localized text representationmay be divided into one or more samples. Non-limiting examples ofparameters for such samples may include a particular number of words,e.g., 25 words; words spoken over a predetermined period of time, e.g.,every 30 seconds; or words spoken at a specified time period, e.g., from04:10:15 to 04:10:45. Regardless of how the sampling sizes aredetermined, converter 310 may attach metadata to the tag to therespective samples to indicate parameters of the sample.

Receiver 315 may represent a component or module configured to receivetext representations of the produced sounds converted at one or morereceiving transceiver devices, which may be configured to executesimilar audio-to-text conversions as primary transceiver 105. Thereceived text representations may be received by various protocolsincluding, but not limited to, text message (via SMS), Bluetooth, email,etc. The received text representations may be similarly sampled as thelocalized text representations. Thus, as non-limiting examples, thereceived text representations may be tagged with metadata to indicateparameters thereof including, but not limited to, a particular number ofwords, words spoken over a predetermined period of time, or words spokenat a specified time period.

Comparator 320 may represent a component or module configured to comparesamples of the localized text representation to similar samples of oneor more received text representations of the transmitted produced soundthat are received from one or more listening devices 110. To perform thecomparisons, comparator 320 may regard the samples of the localized textrepresentation as the most accurate representations of the transmittedproduced sound. Thus, the result of any comparison between a sample ofthe localized text representation and to a sample of a received textrepresentation of the transmitted produced sound may include a scorethat indicates a number of errors per sample. In accordance with theexample embodiment described above with regard to FIG. 2, the per-samplescores may be recorded with respect to listening devices 110 from whichthe respective samples of the received text representations arereceived.

Adjustor 325 may represent a component or module configured to determinewhether the dynamic volume level at which the produced sound istransmitted from transmitter 305 should remain the same or be increased.Such determination may be made based on the scores determined bycomparator 320. Various embodiments of sound verification may includedifferent thresholds by which a determination is made to increase thedynamic volume level. As non-limiting examples, a determination toincrease the volume may be made if 5 errors were recorded in a samplingof the most recent 25 words, if 7 errors were recorded over the past 30seconds, or if 3 errors were recorded between 04:10:15 to 04:10:45.Above-threshold scores may be indicative of poor sound transmissionquality, e.g., low volume; and a prescribed solution may be to increasethe dynamic volume at which the produced sound is transmitted fromtransmitter 305. Scores that are below the threshold may be indicativeof sufficient or acceptable sound transmission quality, and thereforethe dynamic volume at which the produced sound is transmitted fromtransmitter 305 may remain the same.

In accordance with the example embodiment described above with regard toFIG. 2, when comparator 320 compares one or more samples of thelocalized text representation of the transmitted sound to correspondingsamples received from more than one of listening devices 110, adjustor325 may adjust the dynamic volume level to accommodate a respective oneof listening devices 110 having a score that represents a highest numberof errors per sample, a lowest number of errors per sample, or anaverage number of errors per sample.

As described above, the actual adjusting of the dynamic volume level bywhich produced sounds are transmitted by transmitter 305 may beperformed automatically or manually.

In one or more alternative embodiments of primary transceiver device105, one or more of components 305, 310, 315, 320, and 325 may becombined, eliminated, or even separated into one or more differentdevices, depending on the desired implementation.

For example, comparator 320 and adjustor 325 may be hosted on anapplication or program that is configured to execute on a separatedevice. Non-limiting examples of such a separate device may include cellphones, smartphones, tablet computers, laptop computers, or any otherdevice capable of transmitting volume adjusting instructions to primarytransceiver device 105 by various protocols including, but not limitedto, text message (via SMS), Bluetooth, email, etc.

FIG. 4 shows an example configuration of secondary transceiver device110 by which sound verification may be implemented, arranged inaccordance with at least some embodiments described herein. Asillustrated in FIG. 4, secondary transceiver device 110 may correspondto listening device 110 shown in, and described with regard to, FIGS. 1and 2. As depicted, secondary transceiver device 110 may be configuredto include a receiver 405, a converter 410, and a transmitter 415. Inaccordance with the embodiments described herein, secondary transceiverdevice 110 and the components thereof shown in FIG. 4 may be implementedas hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. Further, itwill be readily understood that the components of secondary transceiverdevice 110, as generally described herein and illustrated in FIG. 4, maybe arranged, substituted, combined, separated, and designed in a widevariety of different configurations, all of which are explicitlycontemplated herein.

Receiver 405 may represent a component or module configured to receivesounds transmitted from primary transceiver device 105. Receiver 405 maycapture sounds using, e.g., a microphone, corresponding to secondarytransceiver device 110.

Converter 410 may represent a component or module configured to convertwords included in the received sound, received by receiver 405, into atext representation thereof. The sound received by receiver 405 may ormay not be a sound transmitted by primary transceiver device 105. Thewords included in the received sound may be spoken, whispered, rapped,sung, chanted, etc., and the sound-to-text conversion may be executedusing known conversion applications.

The converted text representations of the received sound may be dividedinto one or more samples. Non-limiting examples of parameters for suchsamples may include a particular number of words, e.g., 25 words; wordsspoken over a predetermined period of time, e.g., every 30 seconds; orwords spoken at a specified time period, e.g., from 04:10:15 to04:10:45. Regardless of how the sampling sizes are determined, converter410 may attach metadata to tag the respective samples to indicateparameters of the sample.

Transmitter 415 may represent a component or module configured totransmit one or more of the samples of the converted textrepresentations of the received sound to primary transceiver device 105by various protocols including, but not limited to, text message (viaSMS), Bluetooth, email, etc. As described above with regard to FIG. 3,the text representation samples transmitted by transmitter 415 may becompared to corresponding text representations samples produced byprimary transceiver device 105. The results of such comparisons maydetermine whether the dynamic volume level at which produced sound istransmitted from primary transceiver device 105 is to remain the same orbe increased.

In or more alternative embodiments of secondary transceiver device 110,one or more of components 405, 410, and 415 may be combined, eliminated,or even separated into one or more different devices, depending on thedesired implementation.

FIG. 5 shows an example processing flow 500 by which at least somevariations of sound verification may be implemented, arranged inaccordance with at least some embodiments described herein.

Processing flow 500 may refer in part to a method, performed by primarytransceiver device 105, to verify audio transmission, that includes:transmitting audio signals at an initial volume; converting the audiosignals into a source text; receiving, respectively from one or more ofsecondary transceiver devices 110, secondary text converted from thetransmitted audio signals; comparing the source text to the secondarytext received from each of the one or more secondary transceiverdevices; and adjusting a volume applied to the transmitting based on aresult of the comparison.

Alternatively, processing flow may refer to a method to verify audiotransmission, that includes: transmitting media signals; storing a textversion of the media signals; receiving, respectively from one or moreof secondary transceiver devices 110, secondary text converted from thetransmitted media signals; comparing the stored text version of themedia signals to the secondary text received from each of the one ormore secondary transceiver devices; and adjusting an intensity appliedto a continued transmitting of the media signals based on a comparisonresult.

Processing flow 500 may include one or more operations, actions, orfunctions depicted by one or more blocks 505, 507, 509, 510, 511, 515,520, and 525. Further, the operations, actions, or functions depicted byblocks 505, 510, 515, 520, and 525 may be attributed to primarytransceiver device 105 described above with regard to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3;and the operations, actions, or functions depicted by blocks 507, 509,and 511 may be attributed to secondary transceiver device 110 describedabove with regard to FIGS. 1, 2, and 4. Although illustrated as discreteblocks, various blocks may be performed sequentially, performed inparallel, divided into additional blocks, combined into fewer blocks, oreliminated, depending on the desired implementation. Processing maybegin at block 505.

Block 505 (Transmit) may refer to transmitter 305 corresponding toprimary transceiver device 105 producing sound in response to electricalaudio input signals and transmitting the produced sound at a dynamicvolume level. The transmitted sounds may include words that may bespoken, whispered, rapped, sung, chanted, etc. Block 505 may be followedby block 510 at primary transceiver device 105; and block 505 may befollowed by block 507 at secondary transceiver device 110.

Block 507 (Receive) may refer to receiver 405 corresponding to secondarytransceiver device 110 receiving the produced sounds transmitted fromtransmitter 305 corresponding to at least one embodiment of primarytransceiver device 105. Block 507 may be followed by block 509 atsecondary transceiver device 110.

Block 509 (Convert to Text) may refer to converter 410 corresponding tosecondary transceiver device 110 converting words included in thereceived sound, transmitted by primary transceiver device 105, into atext representation thereof. The words included in the received soundmay be spoken, whispered, rapped, sung, chanted, etc., and thesound-to-text conversion may be executed using known conversionapplications. Further, the converted text representations of thereceived sound may be divided into one or more samples. Non-limitingexamples of parameters for such samples may include a particular numberof words, words spoken over a predetermined period of time, or wordsspoken at a specified time period. Block 509 may further includemetadata being attached to tag the respective samples to indicateparameters of the sample. Block 509 may be followed by block 511 atsecondary transceiver device 110.

Block 510 (Convert to Text & Store Text) may refer to converter 310corresponding to primary transceiver device 105 converting wordsincluded in the produced sound, transmitted by transmitter 305, into alocalized text representation thereof. The words included in theproduced sound may be spoken, whispered, rapped, sung, chanted, etc.Block 510 may be executed using known conversion applications. Thelocalized text representation of words included in the produced soundmay be stored in a local or remote storage component. When stored, thelocalized text representation may be divided into one or more samples.Non-limiting examples of parameters for such samples may include aparticular number of words, words spoken over a predetermined period oftime, or words spoken at a specified time period. Block 510 may furtherinclude metadata being attached to tag the respective samples toindicate parameters of the sample. Block 510 may be followed by block515 at primary transceiver device 105.

Block 511 (Transmit Text) may refer to transmitter 415 corresponding tosecondary transceiver device 110 transmitting one or more of the samplesof the converted text representations of the received sound to primarytransceiver device 105. Block 511 may be followed by block 515 atprimary transceiver device 105.

Block 515 (Receive Text From Secondary Device) may refer to receiver 315corresponding to primary transceiver device 105 text representations ofthe produced sounds converted at one or more receiving transceiverdevices, which may be configured to execute similar audio-to-textconversions as primary transceiver 105.

The received text representations may be similarly sampled as thelocalized text representations. Thus, as non-limiting examples, thereceived text representations may be tagged with metadata to indicateparameters thereof including, but not limited to, a particular number ofwords, words spoken over a predetermined period of time, or words spokenat a specified time period. Accordingly, block 515 may further refer toreceiver 315 and/or comparator 320 corresponding to primary transceiverdevice 105 matching samples of the localized text representations tosamples of the received text representations, based on at least themetadata used to tag the respective samples. Block 515 may be followedby decision block 520 at primary transceiver device 105.

Decision block 520 may refer to comparator corresponding to primarytransceiver device 105 comparing samples of the localized textrepresentation to samples of one or more received text representationsof the transmitted produced sound that are received from one or morereceiving transceiver devices. The samples of the localized textrepresentation are matched, for the purpose of being compared, to thesamples of the received text representations based on at least themetadata used to tag the respective samples. The result of anycomparison between a sample of the localized text representation and toa sample of a received text representation of the transmitted producedsound may include a score that indicates a number of errors per sample.Various embodiments of sound verification may include differentthresholds by which a determination is made to increase the dynamicvolume level. As non-limiting examples, a determination to increase thevolume may be made if 5 errors were recorded in a sampling of the mostrecent 25 words, if 7 errors were recorded over the past 30 seconds, orif 3 errors were recorded between 04:10:15 to 04:10:45.

A positive determination, i.e., yes, at decision block 520, may befollowed by block 525 at primary transceiver device 105. A negativedetermination, i.e., no, at decision block 520, may advance processingflow 500 back to block 505. That is, if the comparison results in anumber of errors per sample that falls within an acceptable range, e.g.,below the threshold level, a determination may be made that the volumeof sound transmission from transmission 305 is sufficient for theembodiment of secondary transceiver device 110 from which the receivedtext representation sample was received.

Block 525 (Adjust) may refer to adjustor 325 corresponding to primarytransceiver device 105 determining that the dynamic volume level atwhich the produced sound is transmitted from primary transceiver device105 should be increased based on the scores determined by comparator320. Various embodiments of sound verification may include differentthresholds by which a determination is made to increase the dynamicvolume level. Thus, when the comparison results in a number of errorsper sample that exceeds an acceptable threshold level, a determinationmay be made that the volume of sound transmission from transmitter 305should be increased because the produced sound is not being heardclearly at the embodiment of secondary transceiver device 110 from whichthe received text representation sample was received.

FIG. 6 shows a block diagram illustrating an example computing device bywhich various example solutions described herein may be implemented,arranged in accordance with at least some embodiments described herein.

In a very basic configuration 602, computing device 600 typicallyincludes one or more processors 604 and a system memory 606. A memorybus 608 may be used for communicating between processor 604 and systemmemory 606.

Depending on the desired configuration, processor 604 may be of any typeincluding but not limited to a microprocessor (μP), a microcontroller(μC), a digital signal processor (DSP), or any combination thereof.Processor 604 may include one or more levels of caching, such as a levelone cache 610 and a level two cache 612, a processor core 614, andregisters 616. An example processor core 614 may include an arithmeticlogic unit (ALU), a floating point unit (FPU), a digital signalprocessing core (DSP Core), or any combination thereof. An examplememory controller 618 may also be used with processor 604, or in someimplementations, memory controller 618 may be an internal part ofprocessor 604.

Depending on the desired configuration, system memory 606 may be of anytype including but not limited to volatile memory (such as RAM),non-volatile memory (such as ROM, flash memory, etc.) or any combinationthereof. System memory 606 may include an operating system 620, one ormore applications 622, and program data 624. Application 622 may includeone or more comparison algorithms 626 that may be arranged to performthe functions as described herein including those described with respectto processing flow 500 of FIG. 5. Program data 624 may include samplematching data 628 that may be utilized for matching samples of thelocalized text representations and received text representations forexecution of the comparison algorithm 626 as described herein. Samplematching data 628 may include data for matching received sample inaccordance with metadata that may include parameters described abovewith regard to FIGS. 1-4, as well as volume and frequency matching. Insome embodiments, application 622 may be arranged to operate withprogram data 624 on operating system 620 such that samples may bematched and accurate comparisons may be provided, as described herein.This described basic configuration 602 is illustrated in FIG. 6 by thosecomponents within the inner dashed line.

Computing device 600 may have additional features or functionality, andadditional interfaces to facilitate communications between basicconfiguration 602 and any required devices and interfaces. For example,a bus/interface controller 630 may be used to facilitate communicationsbetween basic configuration 602 and one or more data storage devices 632via a storage interface bus 634. Data storage devices 632 may beremovable storage devices 636, non-removable storage devices 638, or acombination thereof. Examples of removable storage and non-removablestorage devices include magnetic disk devices such as flexible diskdrives and hard-disk drives (HDD), optical disk drives such as compactdisk (CD) drives or digital versatile disk (DVD) drives, solid statedrives (SSD), and tape drives to name a few. Example computer storagemedia may include volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removablemedia implemented in any method or technology for storage ofinformation, such as computer readable instructions, data structures,program modules, or other data.

System memory 606, removable storage devices 636 and non-removablestorage devices 638 are examples of computer storage media. Computerstorage media includes, but is not limited to, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flashmemory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, DVD or other optical storage,magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or othermagnetic storage devices, or any other medium which may be used to storethe desired information and which may be accessed by computing device600. Any such computer storage media may be part of computing device600.

Computing device 600 may also include an interface bus 640 forfacilitating communication from various interface devices (e.g., outputdevices 642, peripheral interfaces 644, and communication devices 646)to basic configuration 602 via bus/interface controller 630. Exampleoutput devices 642 include a graphics processing unit 648 and an audioprocessing unit 650, which may be configured to communicate to variousexternal devices such as a display or speakers via one or more A/V ports652. Example peripheral interfaces 644 include a serial interfacecontroller 654 or a parallel interface controller 656, which may beconfigured to communicate with external devices such as input devices(e.g., keyboard, mouse, pen, voice input device, touch input device,etc.) or other peripheral devices (e.g., printer, scanner, etc.) via oneor more I/O ports 658. An example communication device 646 includes anetwork controller 660, which may be arranged to facilitatecommunications with one or more other computing devices 662 over anetwork communication link via one or more communication ports 664.

The network communication link may be one example of a communicationmedia. Communication media may typically be embodied by computerreadable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other datain a modulated data signal, such as a carrier wave or other transportmechanism, and may include any information delivery media. A modulateddata signal may be a signal that has one or more of its characteristicsset or changed in such a manner as to encode information in the signal.By way of example, and not limitation, communication media may includewired media such as a wired network or direct-wired connection, andwireless media such as acoustic, radio frequency (RF), microwave,infrared (IR) and other wireless media. The term computer readable mediaas used herein may include both storage media and communication media.

Computing device 600 may be implemented as a portion of a small-formfactor portable (or mobile) electronic device such as a cell phone, apersonal data assistant (PDA), a personal media player device, awireless web-watch device, a personal headset device, an applicationspecific device, or a hybrid device that include any of the abovefunctions. Computing device 600 may also be implemented as a server or apersonal computer including both laptop computer and non-laptop computerconfigurations.

According to some examples, a sound verification system may include aspeaker device and a listening device. The speaker device may beconfigured to transmit sound at a dynamic volume level. The listeningdevice may be configured to receive the sound and provide feedback tothe speaker device based on the received sound, wherein the speakerdevice may be further configured to adjust the dynamic volume levelbased on the feedback provided by the listening device.

In other examples of the sound verification system, the feedbackprovided by the listening device to the speaker device may be asound-to-text conversion of the received sound.

In still other examples of the sound verification system, the speakerdevice may be further configured to convert the transmitted sound to alocalized text version of the transmitted sound, and to adjust thedynamic volume level based on a comparison of the localized text versionof the transmitted sound to the sound-to-text version of the receivedsound provided by the listening device.

According to various examples, a sound verification system may include aprimary transceiver device and a secondary transceiver device. Theprimary transceiver device may be configured to transmit sound signals,and convert the sound signals into a primary text version of thetransmitted sound signals. The secondary transceiver device may beconfigured to receive the sound signals transmitted by the primarytransceiver device, convert the received sound signals into a secondarytext version of the received sound signals, and transmit the secondarytext version of the received sound signals to the primary transceiverdevice.

In other examples of the sound verification system, the primarytransceiver device may be configured to receive the secondary textversion of the received sound signals from the secondary transceiverdevice, grade a level of accuracy of a comparison of the primary textversion of the transmitted sound signals relative to the secondary textversion of the received sound signals, and adjust a volume level basedon the grade as transmission of sound signals continues.

According to some examples, a method to verify audio transmission by acomputing device may include transmitting audio signals at an initialvolume; converting the audio signals into a source text, receiving;respectively from one or more secondary devices, secondary textconverted from the transmitted audio signals; comparing the source textto the secondary text received from each of the one or more secondarydevices; and adjusting a volume applied to the transmitting based on aresult of the comparing.

In some examples, the method to verify audio transmission by a computingdevice may be repeated periodically.

In still other examples, the method to verify audio transmission by acomputing device may be repeated periodically by multiple primarydevices.

In further examples, in the method to verify audio transmission by acomputing device, the comparing may include assigning a score to acomparison between the source text to the secondary text received from arespective one of the secondary devices, and the adjusting may includeincreasing the volume in response to one of the scores being less than athreshold value.

In some examples, in the method to verify audio transmission by acomputing device, the comparing may include assigning a score to acomparison between the source text to the secondary text received from arespective one of the secondary devices, and the adjusting may includeincreasing the volume in response to the majority of the scores beingless than a threshold value.

In various examples, in the method to verify audio transmission by acomputing device, the comparing may include assigning a score to acomparison between the source text to the secondary text received from arespective one of the secondary devices, and the adjusting may includedecreasing the volume in response to the majority of the scores beinggreater than a threshold value.

In some examples, a non-transitory computer-readable medium may beconfigured to store instructions. The instructions, when executed, maycause one or more processors to transmit media signals; store a textversion of the media signals; receive, respectively from one or moresecondary devices, secondary text converted from the transmitted mediasignals; compare the stored text version of the media signals to thesecondary text received from each of the one or more secondary devices;and adjust an intensity applied to a continued transmitting of the mediasignals based on a comparison result.

In other examples, the media signals include audio signals, and theadjusting may include adjusting a dynamic volume applied to thecontinued transmitting of the audio signals based on the comparisonresult; or the adjusting may include accommodating a majority of valuesof the comparison result, relative to a threshold value.

In still other examples, the one or more processors may be configured toperiodically repeat execution of the instructions.

In further examples, the one or more processors may be configured toperiodically repeat execution of the instructions in concert with theone or more processors of one or more other devices.

In still further examples, the adjusting includes accommodating a lowestvalue of the comparison result or accommodating a highest value of thecomparison result.

There is little distinction left between hardware and softwareimplementations of aspects of systems; the use of hardware or softwareis generally (but not always, in that in certain contexts the choicebetween hardware and software can become significant) a design choicerepresenting cost vs. efficiency tradeoffs. There are various vehiclesby which processes and/or systems and/or other technologies describedherein may be implemented, e.g., hardware, software, and/or firmware,and that the preferred vehicle may vary with the context in which theprocesses and/or systems and/or other technologies are deployed. Forexample, if an implementer determines that speed and accuracy areparamount, the implementer may opt for a mainly hardware and/or firmwarevehicle; if flexibility is paramount, the implementer may opt for amainly software implementation; or, yet again alternatively, theimplementer may opt for some combination of hardware, software, and/orfirmware.

The foregoing detailed description has set forth various embodiments ofthe devices and/or processes for system configuration 100 via the use ofblock diagrams, flowcharts, and/or examples. Insofar as such blockdiagrams, flowcharts, and/or examples contain one or more functionsand/or operations, it will be understood by those within the art thateach function and/or operation within such block diagrams, flowcharts,or examples can be implemented, individually and/or collectively, by awide range of hardware, software, firmware, or virtually any combinationthereof. In one embodiment, several portions of the subject matterdescribed herein may be implemented via Application Specific IntegratedCircuits (ASICs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), digital signalprocessors (DSPs), or other integrated formats. However, those skilledin the art will recognize that some aspects of the embodiments disclosedherein, in whole or in part, can be equivalently implemented inintegrated circuits, as one or more computer programs running on one ormore computers, e.g., as one or more programs running on one or morecomputer systems, as one or more programs running on one or moreprocessors, e.g., as one or more programs running on one or moremicroprocessors, as firmware, or as virtually any combination thereof,and that designing the circuitry and/or writing the code for thesoftware and/or firmware would be well within the skill of one of skillin the art in light of this disclosure. In addition, those skilled inthe art will appreciate that the mechanisms of the subject matterdescribed herein are capable of being distributed as a program productin a variety of forms, and that an illustrative embodiment of thesubject matter described herein applies regardless of the particulartype of signal bearing medium used to actually carry out thedistribution. Examples of a signal bearing medium include, but are notlimited to, the following: a recordable type medium such as a floppydisk, a hard disk drive (HDD), a compact disk (CD), a digital versatiledisk (DVD), a digital tape, a computer memory, etc.; and a transmissiontype medium such as a digital and/or an analog communication medium,e.g., a fiber optic cable, a waveguide, a wired communication link, awireless communication link, etc.

Those skilled in the art will recognize that it is common within the artto describe devices and/or processes in the fashion set forth herein,and thereafter use engineering practices to integrate such describeddevices and/or processes into data processing systems. That is, at leasta portion of the devices and/or processes described herein can beintegrated into a data processing system via a reasonable amount ofexperimentation. Those having skill in the art will recognize that atypical data processing system generally includes one or more of asystem unit housing, a video display device, a memory such as volatileand non-volatile memory, processors such as microprocessors and digitalsignal processors, computational entities such as operating systems,drivers, graphical user interfaces, and applications programs, one ormore interaction devices, such as a touch pad or screen, and/or controlsystems including feedback loops and control motors, e.g., feedback forsensing location and/or velocity; control motors for moving and/oradjusting components and/or quantities. A typical data processing systemmay be implemented utilizing any suitable commercially availablecomponents, such as those typically found in datacomputing/communication and/or network computing/communication systems.

The herein described subject matter sometimes illustrates differentcomponents contained within, or connected with, different othercomponents. It is to be understood that such depicted architectures aremerely examples, and that in fact many other architectures can beimplemented which achieve the same functionality. In a conceptual sense,any arrangement of components to achieve the same functionality iseffectively “associated” such that the desired functionality isachieved. Hence, any two components herein combined to achieve aparticular functionality can be seen as “associated with” each othersuch that the desired functionality is achieved, irrespective ofarchitectures or intermedial components. Likewise, any two components soassociated can also be viewed as being “operably connected”, or“operably coupled”, to each other to achieve the desired functionality,and any two components capable of being so associated can also be viewedas being “operably couplable”, to each other to achieve the desiredfunctionality. Specific examples of operably couplable include but arenot limited to physically mateable and/or physically interactingcomponents and/or wirelessly interactable and/or wirelessly interactingcomponents and/or logically interacting and/or logically interactablecomponents.

Lastly, with respect to the use of substantially any plural and/orsingular terms herein, those having skill in the art can translate fromthe plural to the singular and/or from the singular to the plural as isappropriate to the context and/or application. The varioussingular/plural permutations may be expressly set forth herein for sakeof clarity.

It will be understood by those within the art that, in general, termsused herein, and especially in the appended claims, e.g., bodies of theappended claims, are generally intended as “open” terms, e.g., the term“including” should be interpreted as “including but not limited to,” theterm “having” should be interpreted as “having at least,” the term“includes” should be interpreted as “includes but is not limited to,”etc. It will be further understood by those within the art that if aspecific number of an introduced claim recitation is intended, such anintent will be explicitly recited in the claim, and in the absence ofsuch recitation, no such intent is present. For example, as an aid tounderstanding, the following appended claims may contain usage of theintroductory phrases “at least one” and “one or more” to introduce claimrecitations. However, the use of such phrases should not be construed toimply that the introduction of a claim recitation by the indefinitearticles “a” or “an” limits any particular claim containing suchintroduced claim recitation to embodiments containing only one suchrecitation, even when the same claim includes the introductory phrases“one or more” or “at least one” and indefinite articles such as “a” or“an,” e.g., “a” and/or “an” should be interpreted to mean “at least one”or “one or more;” the same holds true for the use of definite articlesused to introduce claim recitations. In addition, even if a specificnumber of an introduced claim recitation is explicitly recited, thoseskilled in the art will recognize that such recitation should beinterpreted to mean at least the recited number, e.g., the barerecitation of “two recitations,” without other modifiers, means at leasttwo recitations, or two or more recitations. Furthermore, in thoseinstances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, and C,etc.” is used, in general, such a construction is intended in the senseone having skill in the art would understand the convention, e.g., “asystem having at least one of A, B, and C” would include but not belimited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and Btogether, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, and Ctogether, etc. In those instances where a convention analogous to “atleast one of A, B, or C, etc.” is used, in general, such a constructionis intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understandthe convention, e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, or C” wouldinclude but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, Calone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A,B, and C together, etc. It will be further understood by those withinthe art that virtually any disjunctive word and/or phrase presenting twoor more alternative terms, whether in the description, claims, ordrawings, should be understood to contemplate the possibilities ofincluding one of the terms, either of the terms, or both terms. Forexample, the phrase “A or B” will be understood to include thepossibilities of “A” or “B” or “A and B.”

From the foregoing, it will be appreciated that various embodiments ofthe present disclosure have been described herein for purposes ofillustration, and that various modifications may be made withoutdeparting from the scope and spirit of the present disclosure.Accordingly, the various embodiments disclosed herein are not intendedto be limiting, with the true scope and spirit being indicated by thefollowing claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A sound verification system, comprising: aplurality of speaker devices, wherein each of the plurality of speakerdevices is configured to: transmit sound at a dynamic volume level;store the transmitted sound; and divide the transmitted sound into oneor more first samples; and one or more listener devices configured to:receive the transmitted sound from the plurality of speaker devices;divide the received sound into one or more second samples; and transmit,the one or more second samples of the received sound, to at least one ofthe plurality of speaker devices, wherein the at least one of theplurality of speaker devices is further configured to: compare the oneor more first samples with the respective one or more second samples;determine one or more scores based on the comparison, wherein thedetermined scores indicate a number of errors per sample; and adjust thedynamic volume level of the transmitted sound based on the determinedscores.
 2. The sound verification system of claim 1, wherein the dynamicvolume level corresponds to a volume level that is automaticallyadjustable.
 3. The sound verification system of claim 1, wherein the oneor more listener devices are configured to receive the transmitted soundfrom the plurality of speaker devices based on respective proximity ofthe one or more listener devices to the plurality of speaker devices. 4.The sound verification system of claim 1, wherein the received sound isdivided into the one or more second samples based on parameters thatinclude at least one of: a particular number of words, words spoken overa defined time period, and words spoken at a specified time period. 5.The sound verification system of claim 4, wherein each of the one ormore second samples is tagged with metadata to indicate the parametersassociated with the received sound of the at least one of the pluralityof speaker devices.
 6. A method to verify audio transmission, the methodcomprising: receiving, by each of one or more first transceivers, aplurality of audio signals transmitted from respective plurality ofsecond transceivers; distinguishing, by each of the one or more firsttransceivers, the received plurality of audio signals transmitted fromthe respective plurality of second transceivers, wherein thedistinguishing is performed based on respective proximity of the one ormore first transceivers to the plurality of second transceivers; andtransmitting, by each of the one or more first transceivers, feedback tothe respective plurality of second transceivers based on thedistinguished plurality of audio signals to cause dynamic adjustment ofrespective volumes of the received plurality of audio signals.
 7. Themethod of claim 6, wherein the method is repeated periodically.
 8. Themethod of claim 6, wherein the transmitting the feedback to cause thedynamic adjustment includes transmitting the feedback to cause manual orautomatic adjustment of the respective volumes of the received pluralityof audio signals.
 9. A method to verify audio transmission, the methodcomprising, by a primary device: transmitting, to one or more secondarydevices, audio signals at an initial volume; storing the transmittedaudio signals, wherein the storing the transmitted audio signalscomprises storing one or more first samples of the transmitted audiosignals; receiving feedback, from the one or more secondary devices,based on the transmitted audio signals, wherein the receiving thefeedback comprises receiving one or more second samples that correspondto audio signals received at the one or more secondary devices;comparing the one or more first samples with the respective one or moresecond samples; determining one or more scores based on the comparisonbetween the one or more first samples and the respective one or moresecond samples, wherein the determined scores indicate a number oferrors per sample; comparing each of the determined scores with aspecific threshold value; and adjusting a volume applied to thetransmission based on the comparison of the determined scores with thespecific threshold value.
 10. The method of claim 9, wherein theadjusting includes determining whether the initial volume, at which theaudio signals are transmitted by the primary device, should remain sameor be increased based on the determined scores.
 11. The method of claim9, wherein the adjusting includes increasing the volume in response to adetermination that one of the determined scores is greater than thespecific threshold value.
 12. The method of claim 9, wherein theadjusting includes maintaining the transmission of the audio signals atthe initial volume in response to a determination that one of thedetermined scores is less than the specific threshold value.
 13. Themethod of claim 9, wherein the determining the one or more scoresincludes determining one or more scores greater than the specificthreshold value, which are indicative of a poor transmission quality ora low volume of the transmitted audio signals.
 14. The method of claim9, wherein the determining the one or more scores includes determiningone or more scores less than the specific threshold value, which areindicative of acceptable transmission quality or acceptable volume ofthe transmitted audio signals.
 15. The method of claim 9, wherein theadjusting includes adjusting the volume to accommodate a majority ofvalues obtained after the comparison of each of the determined scoreswith the specific threshold value, relative to the specific thresholdvalue.
 16. The method of claim 9, wherein the adjusting includesadjusting the volume to accommodate respective one of the one or moresecondary devices having a score that represents a highest number oferrors per sample.
 17. The method of claim 9, wherein the adjustingincludes adjusting the volume to accommodate respective one of the oneor more secondary devices having a score that represents a lowest numberof errors per sample.